Few novels cut to the heart of the matter so elegantly or eloquently ... Nightjohn should be required reading. School Library Journal

There was a wild crashing sound, a ripping of metal, and the plane blew through the trees, out over the water and down, down to slam into the lake ...Brian is a city boy. Not used to living rough. Until his plane crash-lands in the Canadian wilderness. All he has is a hatchet - and a desperate will to survive.

In this collection of memories of growing up in 1950s America, we hear about the exploits of 13-year-old Gary Paulsen and his friends. In between wrestling bears, going over waterfalls in barrels and taking off on a giant kite, Carl Peterson attempts the land-speed record on paraffin-waxed skis.

The year is 2017, and the USA is in the grip of an evil revolutionary army. 14-year-old Cody Pierce, known as the White Fox, has lost his family and been sent to a high-security prison. Now he plans to escape and start a revolution of his own, and noboby and nothing will stand in his way.

Two years earlier Brian had been stranded alone in Canadian wilderness for fifty-four days with nothing but a hatchet. Somehow, he had survived. He can hardly believe it. He has been asked to return to wilds, so that others can learn his skills. Only this time he won't be alone. This time he will be in control. But plans have a way of going wrong.

A sixteen-year-old boy is alone in the world for the first time. He's new at everything, working in the beet fields and learning to survive on his own. Once he has a pair of Levis and money in his pocket, he thinks he knows all there is to know about life... until he meets Ruby. This title is set in America, 1955.

Gary Paulsen was in his forties, an internationally famous children's writer. Then he was overtaken by his passion - a passion for Alaskan dog-racing and a passion for the wild, beautiful landscape of the Arctic. Winterdance is the story of this passion.